Melissa F. Wells
Appearance
Melissa F. Wells | |
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![]() Melissa Foelsch Wells. U.S. State Department photograph | |
United States Ambassador to Estonia | |
In office October 1, 1998 – September 10, 2001 | |
President | Bill Clinton George W. Bush |
Preceded by | Lawrence P. Taylor |
Succeeded by | Joseph M. DeThomas |
United States Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
In office April 25, 1991 – March 21, 1992 | |
President | George H. W. Bush |
Preceded by | William C. Harrop |
Succeeded by | Daniel H. Simpson |
United States Ambassador to Mozambique | |
In office September 11, 1987 – October 12, 1990 | |
President | Ronald Reagan George H. W. Bush |
Preceded by | Peter Jon de Vos |
Succeeded by | Townsend B. Friedman Jr. |
United States Ambassador to Guinea-Bissau | |
In office September 16, 1976 – March 29, 1977 | |
President | Gerald Ford |
Preceded by | office created |
Succeeded by | Edward Marks |
Personal details | |
Born | Melissa Foelsch Wells November 18, 1932 Tallinn, Estonia[1] |
Parent | Miliza Korjus (mother) |
Melissa Foelsch Wells (born November 18, 1932) is a diplomat and former United States Ambassador to Cape Verde and to Guinea-Bissau (1976–77),[1] Mozambique (1987–90), Congo-Kinshasa (1991–93), and Estonia (1998–2001).[2][3] She is a member of the American Academy of Diplomacy.[4]
Wells is the daughter of opera singer and film actress Miliza Korjus (1909–1980).
References
[edit]- ^ a b "United Nations Economic and Social Council Nomination of Melissa F. Wells To Be U.S. Representative". American Presidency Project. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
- ^ "Melissa F. Wells". United States Embassy to Estonia. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
- ^ "The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project Women Ambassadors Series AMBASSADOR MELISSA FOELSCH WELLS" (PDF). Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. 27 March 1984. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 July 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
- ^ "Member List". American Academy of Diplomacy. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
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- Ambassadors of the United States to Guinea-Bissau
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- Ambassadors of the United States to Estonia
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- Walsh School of Foreign Service alumni
- Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 1st Class
- Ambassadors of the United States to Mozambique
- Ambassadors of the United States to the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Estonian emigrants to the United States
- United States Foreign Service personnel
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